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The Clark County Public Library traces its beginnings to the Springfield Lyceum in 1841 in Springfield, Ohio. [1] Various short-lived library associations followed and the library found a more permanent home on the second floor of Black's Opera House. The library housed 3,300 volumes when it opened to the public at this location in 1872.
Due to growing disputes with the French and closer trade relations with Pennsylvania-based merchants, the Wyandot burned their village and relocated to the mouth of the Cuyahoga River in what is today Cleveland in 1748. [5] Castalia was laid out in 1836. [6] The village was named after Castalia, a figure in Greek mythology. [7]
A last phase of renovations will require the Springfield library to close. Find out more about the renovations and when the library might reopen. ... Normal hours are: Mondays and Thursdays from ...
Warder Public Library is a historically significant building in Springfield, Ohio, United States. A robust example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture, it was a gift to the city from industrialist Benjamin H. Warder, and served as the main branch of the Clark County Public Library from 1890 to 1989. It now houses the Clark County (Warder ...
Municipal Center West Friday April 22, 2022. [Thomas J. Turney/ The State Journal-Register]
The construction of the first library was funded with a $50,000 contribution from Andrew Carnegie in 1903. It opened, as the Springfield Public Library, in 1905 with 700 books and an annual circulation of 8,657. [3] The building served as the main library for the Springfield Library-Greene County district until 1999.
Gwendolyn Harrison started working at Lincoln Library in Springfield as a 16-year-old page. It is where she got her first professional job after earning her master's degree in library science ...
The Center stayed at the location until 1980. The State Library of Ohio leased 13,252 square feet (1,231.2 m 2) of office and warehouse space located on South State Route 821. In 1991 the State Library of Ohio purchased the leased property. The center was considered a "strange library" because it was not a "walk-in" type of library.